Many times I've walked through Budapest being struck by something I wanted to share. Here, I do just that. What follows are glimpses along life's path that had touched my heart. Enjoy! Budapest Daily Photos recently moved to its own home. The photos here may be enlarged by clicking on them unlike BudapestResources.com website, its previous home.
The Invitation
It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living.
I want to know what you ache for
and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.
It doesn’t interest me how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool
for love
for your dream
for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon...
I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow
if you have been opened by life’s betrayals
or have become shrivelled and closed
from fear of further pain.
I want to know if you can sit with pain
mine or your own
without moving to hide it
or fade it
or fix it.
I want to know if you can be with joy
mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us
to be careful
to be realistic
to remember the limitations of being human.
It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me
is true.
I want to know if you can
disappoint another
to be true to yourself.
If you can bear the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless
and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see Beauty
even when it is not pretty
every day.
And if you can source your own life
from its presence.
I want to know if you can live with failure
yours and mine
and still stand at the edge of the lake
and shout to the silver of the full moon,
“Yes.”
It doesn’t interest me
to know where you live or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up
after the night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone
and do what needs to be done
to feed the children.
It doesn’t interest me who you know
or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand
in the centre of the fire
with me
and not shrink back.
It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom
you have studied.
I want to know what sustains you
from the inside
when all else falls away.
I want to know if you can be alone
with yourself
and if you truly like the company you keep
in the empty moments.
19 comments:
You captured the falling snow beautifully against the building in the background.
Yikes!
That's one of the few things that makes me glad I don't live in continental Europe, Isadora.
It might rain a lot on my little island but I much prefer that to driving in snow!
Brrr …
Roll on spring!
Lovely snow image, Isadora, you really have detail in this photograph! Thanks for the snow.:).Regarding Vizcaya, glad you had time to tour it over that weekend--I went there on a day that several film shootings were taking place, so I only have partial areas. There was a fashion shoot on the dock, by the barge and water, and two other ones in the gardens--and they all had those areas sort of roped off--so I only managed a few photos there, maybe next time. :)
That is a great photo! So...you live right in the city?
Yeah, for snow and rain you've got to use manual settings which can be a pain if you are used to shooting in auto mode, like I am :(, but I like the picture the way it is. I know it shows the falling snow more like ice needles than snow, but it's a lovely view of a gorgeous façade.
(This year I am not looking forward to cold weather and snow at all. May fall last until April!)
No snow in Boston, yet. I know it's coming, but I can wait. It has always seemed to me the earlier it snows, the less you get, at least in Boston.
Nice view from your balcony! Have a great week.
Thank you all so much for the great comments. I think we could have had a nice visit with mulled wine.
This morning it was sunny again then afternoon - like clockwork - dark and cloudy.
Fenix automatic it is :)
After having been a suburbanite in the US all my life, I LOVE being right in the middle of town - one street back from the Oktogon. I'm just minutes from virtually everything I need to be at. Yet it is quiet because of being removed by one street. Such a luxury. When I've had enough we (the cats and I) pack ourselves in the car and drive to the village and the vineyard 45 minutes away.
Could you carry a little bit of this snow on our mountains please.
Beautiful snow photo! I prefer snow to this gloomy weather over here. This morning started with rain and then continued with snow and then again with rain....
We had a cold snap here in the UK with temperatures down to -3C. But its not due to last. Will look forward to some snow pictures of Budapest.
Sorry about the snow.
I like snow for about a half a day, and then it could melt and come back next year and that would be ok with me.
~Oswegan
p.s. adding you
Isadora ... snow ?
I am going to the beach today ... it's 28 degrees here in Sydney.
The surf is calling me.
john
YES
Let us leave our cameras by all times
The photographs will not be can be as not succeeded as that this!!
But let us test
I think this is a very beautiful photo!
And if this is a shot from _your_ terrace... Then yours is very similar to those we see, on the next building over, I would think. How very beautiful it must be, where you live.
Mari-Nanciohjpxow
Look! One of my word verification 'words,' got typed after my name, in my comment!!! Funny!
Mari-Nanci
You've done a beautiful job capturing that snowfall. No first snowfall yet here in my part of Canada, but I am hoping and waiting. :)
This is an amazing picture. The snow looks like strings. Great job.
And thank you for stopping by my little corner of the web.
I love to see snow to fall especially when is night and noise of the city slow down. Thank you to share this photo with us and thank you for the visiting of my blog.
OMG, such a BEAUTIFUL photo!!!
Very nice capture, Isadora.
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